3TB Western Digital Red WD30EFRX SATA HDD $149.99 + Free Shipping!

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I know...not sure what to do here.....Amazon stock is quickly diminishing

Quote from minnus : BF...so close...must...resist...

I felt the same way, but just pulled the trigger on 6 of them. BF sometimes stresses me out too much trying to find best deals, out of stock, better deal coming around an hour later, etc. I'd rather pay the extra $ for my sanity this time.

Quote from anywho : I know...not sure what to do here.....Amazon stock is quickly diminishing

Yeah, Amazon says
"Only 7 left in stock (more on the way)."

Short of some limited rebates a few days ago, these are the lowest these have ever been. The Tiger Direct plus rebate deals put them at $138 the other day (dead), but many dislike TD and rebates etc.

Is it just me or is this a bunch of marketing BS? I've had several drives (Hitachi, Samsung, Seagate, Maxtor, WD Green, WD, etc) both SATA and IDE in file servers that ran 24/7/365 and never had a drive fail. Unless they're purposly making drives that don't last more than HHH hours in order to require buying a "special" drive that lasts longer.

Quote from RowdyReptile : Yeah, Amazon says "Only 7 left in stock (more on the way)."

Yeah, I noticed it changed to "In Stock on Nov 16", but now it says it still has a few in stock.

Hope I made the right move cancelling my 2 from Newegg (after reading packaging comments) and ordering from amazon. I got 2 of the 2TB of these from amazon a couple weeks ago and the bare drives were in the box left to bash around (see one of the amazon customer picks like that). I contacted amazon and made them aware of the issue and returned them. It looks like some of the other customer pics show these shipped in the WD boxes the way they should be. Crossing my fingers.

Quote from RowdyReptile : Yeah, Amazon says "Only 7 left in stock (more on the way)."

I see 4 available now on Amazon but it will not let me order them

There is no restocking fee from Newegg if the drive arrives DOA, or fails within 30 days. Amazon packaging is no better than Newegg - usually Amazon just stuffs it in a box, and stuffs some paper, or bubble wrap in (same as Newegg). I've gotten many drives from Newegg, and have never had a problem. Nor have I ever been charged a restock fee on other components I've returned.

The price just jumped to $174.99 on Amazon as I was about to order one.

Quote from dvdapex : Is it just me or is this a bunch of marketing BS? I've had several drives (Hitachi, Samsung, Seagate, Maxtor, WD Green, WD, etc) both SATA and IDE in file servers that ran 24/7/365 and never had a drive fail. Unless they're purposly making drives that don't last more than HHH hours in order to require buying a "special" drive that lasts longer.

I think you are right. I don't know what these red are, but after finding out the hard way that WD Greens (EARS) can't be RAIDed, I gave up on WD. Who in their right mind would put 2 Tb of data without redundancy. Even if it is useless piratebay movies, it still takes time to re-download the stuff.

Perhaps these Red ones have TLER feature enbled, which is what allows WD to claim that they are "NAS friendly"?

Quote from xxxHolic : Not hot because the 2TB is $80.

Link please! I need to buy 4.

Quote from flint96 : Thanks. Just ordered 2.

Amazon just ran OOS as I was trying to order!

Quote from omerome : The price just jumped to $174.99 on Amazon as I was about to order one.

If you click on other sellers, you can still choose Amazon for $150, but in stock 11/16.

Edit: and now that is dead as well.

Quote from weigle2 : Wow, Amazon has this same deal going on right now. http://www.amazon.com/Western-Dig...rds=wd+3tb

Weird I seee $175